# Font problem with Android 4.4 phone

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**Created:** [December 18, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-problem-with-android-4-4-phone/676679 "2013-12-18T23:33:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-problem-with-android-4-4-phone/676679/1 "2013-12-18T23:33:46Z")

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Got a Nexus 5 with Android 4.4 (kitkat) I see everything here in a very small font when I look at list of threads.

When I click on a thread, some posts have a decent sized font, and others have the very small font - font size varies by post within the thread.

Anything that can be done about this?

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-problem-with-android-4-4-phone/676679/2 "2013-12-19T01:28:20Z")

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The SDMB fonts are contained within a stylesheet. Adjusting the font size in the stylesheet for one type of display is possible, but cumbersome and time-consuming since it’s a generic stylesheet. You should look at your device’s configuration settings to see if you can make changes on your end.

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**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-problem-with-android-4-4-phone/676679/3 "2013-12-19T11:50:24Z")

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> [@Bijou\_Drains](#):
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> Got a Nexus 5 with Android 4.4 (kitkat) I see everything here in a very small font when I look at list of threads.
> 
> When I click on a thread, some posts have a decent sized font, and others have the very small font - font size varies by post within the thread.
> 
> Anything that can be done about this?

I had the same issue with my Nexus 7. It seems to go away when I hold the device on its side to display in landscape. I am pretty sure it has to do with the font scaling that Chrome uses on Android devices. I’ve had the same issue with both 4.3 and 4.4. I ended up downloading the dolphin browser and using it instead of Chrome at one point.

Oddly enough, I recently uninstalled and reinstalled Chrome and the issue seems to have gone away.